#1
Posted: 12/20/15 at 6:09pm
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Casting Announcement
#2
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:12pm
YAY for the black Hermione!!!!
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#3
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:20pm
That's awesome. I'm sure there'll be some idiotic backlash, but I'm so glad it happened.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#4
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:23pm
I feel like the actors playing Harry and Ron should be reversed.
#5
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:23pm
It puts the racism of Hermoine being called a "mud blood" front and center.
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#6
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:56pm
Jamie Parker is a solid actor, I recently saw Noma Dumezweni in Linda at the Royal Court and she was brilliant, she replaced Kim Cattrall who had dropped out in rehearsals.
#7
Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:59pm
I agree that the actors playing Ron and Harry should be switched.
I am beyond thrilled that a black woman is playing Hermione. It's genius!
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#8
Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:08pm
musicaljen or whatever her new screenname is must be having a stroke right about now
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
#9
Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:15pm
c0113g3b0y said: "musicaljen or whatever her new screenname is must be having a stroke right about now
Good.
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#10
Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:42pm
I take it musicaljen also went by another name....that started with a p?
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#11
Posted: 12/20/15 at 11:47pm
^^^^
Prick
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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#12
Posted: 12/21/15 at 1:00am
Definitely switch the Ron and Harry casting -- or give them each wigs of the correct color. I can't imagine Ron looking that way in his later years. Of course, the casting of an actor as Hermione who looks NOTHING like Emma Watson telegraphs to the audience that this story is not necessarily connected to the others.
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#13
Posted: 12/21/15 at 1:54am
Considering that this entire world was built upon the book series and that those books are wildly popular, I don't think letting go of the image of Emma Watson as Hermione will be a problem. Fans are eager for the next chapter in the story; they know this isn't an extension of the films.
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 01:54 AM
#14
Posted: 12/21/15 at 3:16am
Im sooo pleased with this casting! Jamie Parker was brilliant when i saw him in Assassins and High Society, so i cant wait to see him as Harry!
#15
Posted: 12/21/15 at 7:34am
FindingNamo said: "YAY for the black Hermione!!!!"
YAY for the best person at the audition to get the role.
She didn't get the role because of her color I hope.
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 07:34 AM
#16
Posted: 12/21/15 at 8:11am
I saw Dumezweni in A Human Being Died That Night at BAM and she was terrific. What a great choice for the role!
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 08:11 AM
#17
Posted: 12/21/15 at 8:13am
It's hilarious to me that in the same breath, people praise the colorblind casting of Hermione but say Ron and Harry should switch because of how they look... that's so stupid.
"Definitely switch the Ron and Harry casting -- or give them each wigs of the correct color."
If only wigs were a possibility in the theatre... if only... *eyeroll*
Jamie Parker is an excellent actor. In fact, I scheduled one of my trips to London around seeing him in and Sam Barnett in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He is an inspired choice for adult Harry Potter.
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 08:13 AM
#18
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:04am
This is so very exciting and fits in with the canon that many people saw for years - black Hermione has been around for years on tumblr and fansites.
#19
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:27am
ChildofEarth said: "This is so very exciting and fits in with the canon that many people saw for years - black Hermione has been around for years on tumblr and fansites.
"
really? is there some sort of 'fan theory'..?
please tell me it's not because they expected someone with "bushy hair" to be ...black. lol
also: (i found this on another forum)
for those who have trouble reading: "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree"
Please do note that white could mean 'pale' here, since the next line indicates that she was rather nervous.
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:27 AM
#20
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:41am
That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white. Also, their eyes bug out.
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#21
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:49am
FindingNamo said: "That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white. "
No, every person in the world turns pale when scared.
Can you please STOP with turning everything into racism.
On topic: Just be glad that a great actress got the part of Hermione. Just as you should be equally glad if any other actress would have gotten the part (if they were the best of course).
Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:49 AM
#22
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:54am
FindingNamo said: "That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white. Also, their eyes bug out.
"
LOL @ Finding Namo
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
#23
Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:56am
I actually though Heromine was a WoC in the books. Great news! Congrats to the lucky woman!
#24
Posted: 12/21/15 at 10:04am
disneybroadwayfan22 said: "I actually though Heromine was a WoC in the books. Great news! Congrats to the lucky woman!
"
was it the hair? LOL
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
#25
Posted: 12/21/15 at 10:25am
"Please do note that white could mean 'pale' here, since the next line indicates that she was rather nervous."
That's absolutely what it means. C'mon. Context.
That's absolutely what it means. C'mon. Context.
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